Jackson  Street  Hospital 

Regulations  of  Jackson  Street 
Hospital,  and  Surgical  Infirmary 
for  Negroes. 


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HENRY  F.  CAMPBELL,  M.  IX,  Surgeon. 
ROBERT  CAMPBELL,  M.  D.,  Physician. 


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JEREMIAH    MORRIS,    PRINTER. 

1859. 


Note. — The  accompanying  brief  presentation,  of  the  Regulations 
and  Management  of  jackson  street  hospital,  is  intended  to  lessen 
the  amount  of  necessary  correspondence;  and,  to  avoid  delay  to  those 
wishing  to  avail  themselves  of  infirmary  accommodations^ 


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A  convenient  and  comfortable  abode  for  Negroes,  during 
the  treatment  necessary  for  Surgical  and  Chronic  Diseases,  is 
an  acknowledged  advantage  to  the  Patient,  the  Owner,  and 
the  attending  Physician.  Although  it  is  not  always  possible 
to  secure  it,  both  humanity  and  interest  suggest  that  our  Ser- 
vants should  receive  all  that  is  material  in  those  comforts  and 
attentions,  which,  we  ourselves,  so  much  crave  during  pro- 
longed illness,  and  which  contribute  so  largely  to  a  rapid  and 
perfect  recovery. 

The  usual  arrangements  of  most  families  and  plantations, 
do  not  admit  of  ample  provision  being  made  for  the  treatment, 
careful  regimen,  and  nursing  of  negroes  in  protracted  cases, 
upon  any  efficient  plan  which  is  consistent  with  economy. 
The  owner,  under  such  circumstances,  is  often  subjected  to 
serious  loss  in  the  time  of  nurses  and  attendants,  or  the  patient 
suffers  grievously — frequently  incurring  risk  of  life  for  the 
want  of  them. 

Negroes,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  well  known,  are  negligent 
of  themselves,  especially  when,  from  the  nature  of  the  case, 
the  treatment  has  to  be  long  continued.  They  are  imprudent 
in  Diet,  and  often  careless ;  exposing  themselves  unless  pro- 
perly restrained.  They  are  derelict  in  taking  medicine 
and  unless  judiciously  managed,  are  guilty  of  many  im- 
prudences and  irregularities,  calculated  to  render  the  most 
skillful  treatment  of  the  Physician  entirely  nugatory  ;  the  medi- 


cines  prescribed  are  not  properly  taken,  and  the  recovery  is 
therefore,  either  imperfect,  or  no  benefit  at  all  is  derived.  In 
consequence  of  these  difficulties,  the  treatment  of  chronic  and 
surgical  diseases  among  Negroes  in  private  practice,  has 
become  unsatisfactory  and  undesirable  to  most  practitioners, 
and  the  cases  often  become  an  opprobrium  to  the  Physician, 
and  an  annoyance  and  an  eye-sore  in  the  yards  and  on  the 
plantations  of  their  Owners.  Hence,  it  will  be  perceived, 
that  some  well  ordered  establishment,  upon  a  liberal  basis, 
securing  to  this  class  of  patients,  the  constant  care  of  experi- 
enced Nurses,  and  the  immediate  supervision  of  Physicians, 
becomes  a  great  desideratum  iq.  favoring  a  successful  result. 

The  undersigned  desirous  of  supplying  this  great  need  in 
the  State  of  Greorgia,  and  the  adjoining  States,  and  feeling 
persuaded  that  many  valuable  negroes  are  rendered  useless, 
for  the  want  of  proper  accommodations  of  this  kind,  estab- 
lished, ten  years  ago,  An  Infirmary  for  such  a  purpose. 

Jackson  Street  Hospital  was  built,  all  its  internal 
arrangements  ordered  and  was  carefully  furnished,  with  direct 
reference  to  this  specific  object.  It  is  located  in  a  desirable 
part  of  the  City  of  Augusta,  in  convenient  vicinity  to  the 
Greorgia  and  Savannah  Eail  Eoad  Depots,  and  in  sight  of 
both. 

This  establishment  is  kept  amply  provided  with  all  the 
appliances  for  the  treatment  of  Sick  Negroesf  and  those 
requiring  Surgical  operations.  The  rooms  are  furnished  with 
the  proper  bedding  and  other  accommodations ;  and  Hot, 
Cold,  and  Shower  Baths  are,  at  all  times,  convenient  on  each 
floor  of  the  building.  The  Resident  Physician,  and  both 
Male  and  Female  Nurses,    are  in  constant   attendance,  and 


every  effort  is  made  to  render  the  patients  comfortable,  and 
to  carry  out  effectually,  the  directions  of  the  attending  Phy- 
sician and  Surgeon. 


RULES   AND  REGULATIONS. 

CONSULTATIONS,  &c. 

Yisits  and  Consultations  with  other  Physicians  of  the 
City,  will  be  called  at  the  request  of  the  owner,  or  under 
circumstances  of  great  emergency,  when  known  to  be  for  his, 
or  the  patient's  interest ;  but  Patients  sent  to  Jackson  Street 
Hospital,  are  placed  strictly,  under  the  sole  control  and 
personal  Medical  and  Surgical  Treatment  of  the  undersigned 
proprietors. 

CONTROL  OF  PATIENTS. 

It  is  sometimes  necessary  to  assert  authority  that  we  may 
preserve  order  and  good  behaviour  on  the  premises,  and  to 
enforce  the  salutary  rules  of  the  establishment.  Servants  re- 
quiring treatment  in  this  Institution,  will  be  cared  for  and 
dealt  with  by  the  proprietors,  in  every  respect,  as  if  they 
were  their  own. 

DESIGNATION  OF  CASES. 

The  cases  for  which  our  accommodations  and  appliances  are 
particularly  suited,  are : 

1st.  All  cases  requiring  Surgical  Operations;  as  Amputa- 
tions,  the  removal  of  Tumors,  the  operation  for  radical  cure 


of  Hernia,  designed  to  do  away  with  the  necessity  for 
Trusses.  Those  cases  resulting  from  Injuries,  Deformity, 
Diseased  Growths,  as  Tumors,  Cysts,  Wens,  &c,  as  Stone 
in  the  Bladder,  Gravel,  Stricture,  &c.  Fractures,  Dislocations, 
Diseased  Joints  and  Bones,  etc.,  etc.  Eupture,  Hydrocele 
and  Perineal  Fistula. 

2nd.  All  Chronic  Diseases  which  may  be  considered  amena- 
ble to  treatment;  such  as,  Scrofulous  Affections,  Venereal  Dis- 
eases and  their  consequences,  many  diseases  of  the  Eye,  Dis- 
eases of  the  Skin,  Ulcers  of  the  Leg,  Nervous  and  Convulsive 
Affections,  Dropsy,  Bheumatism,  and  Dyspepsia. 

3rd.  Diseases  of  Women  in  their  various  forms — as  Vesico- 
vaginal Fistula,  from  injury  to  the  Bladder  during  Labor, 
Prolapsus  of  the  Uterus  or  Bladder,  Uterine  Polypus,  Hyste- 
ria, and  the  many  disorders  of  Menstruation,  so  common 
among  negroes. 

4.lh.  An  Obstetric  Ward  has  been  provided  for  the  accom. 
modation  of  cases  of  Midwifery,  whenever  it  is  deemed  expe- 
dient to  use  a  hospital  for  such  a  purpose,  either  on  account  of 
imperfect  arrangements  at  the  homes  of  owners,  or  where 
difficult  labor  is  apprehended. 

Two  of  the  diseases  in  the  above  enumeration,  viz:  Vesico- 
vaginal Fistula  and  Hernia,  in  its  various  forms,  are,  by  no 
means,  uncommon  among  negroes,  often  rendering  the  unfor- 
tunate subjects  worse  than  useless  to  their  owners.  Both  these 
affections  are  now  entirely  and  permanently  curable  by  Sur- 
gical treatment  under  favorable  circumstances. 

N.  B. — No  case  of  acute  contagious  disease  can  be  admitted, 
for  fear  of  injury  to  other  patients. 


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TERMS. 

Board,  Lodging,  and  Nursing  per  month,  $10.00  Sur- 
gical Operations  and  Medical  attendance,  at  the  same  rates  of 
ordinary  Practice  in  this  city. 

OUTFIT  OF  PATIENTS. 

Patients  may  bring  with  them  their  ordinary  wearing  ap- 
parel, but  we  prefer  that  all  bedding  and  bed-clothing  should 
be  left  at  home,  as  an  ample  supply  will  be  found  at  the 
Hospital. 

RECEPTION  OF  PATIENTS. 

Patients  sent  by  Eail  Road,  or  Steamboat,  will  be  received 
at  the  Depots  and  carefully  conducted  or  conveyed  to  the 
Infirmary. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Letters  of  Inquiry  addressed  to  either  of  the  Proprietors,  at 
this  place,  will  meet  a  prompt  and  full  re-ply. 

f  HENRY  F.  CAMPBELL,  M.  D.,  Surgeon, 
'I ROBERT  CAMPBELL,  M.  D.,  Physician, 

ROBERT  C.  CARROLL,  M.D.,  Resident  Physician. 
Augusta,  Ga.,  March,  1859. 


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